Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 198: Close to the face and open up

5 month 19 number.

This was the first time Shen Juan asked for leave from the crew.

The U.S. Billboard Music Awards ceremony is about to begin. As the first North American mainstream music award for Shen Juan to be nominated and even have a chance to win, if Shen Juan has no other schedules in the near future, it would be best for him to give face to the organizers and make time to attend.

After all, no matter whether or not you win an award in the end, just being present is equivalent to creating history in the domestic entertainment industry.

We had lunch in the China Eastern Airlines lounge.

How to evaluate it?
It’s a bit like the dishes made by Chef Huang Lei, which basically look good but taste very average.

"We won't be together after we get on the plane, so let's talk about work while we're still together." Yang Yangjin was tasting the ice cream dessert provided in the China Eastern Airlines lounge.

For overseas trips like this where air tickets are very expensive, the artist's team usually buys first-class tickets only for the artist himself, and the other team members are all treated as economy class.

Take the China Eastern Airlines flight to Los Angeles that Shen Juan took this time as an example.

First class is 9w, business class is 3w, and economy class is 5k.

The airfare alone costs hundreds of thousands for one trip. It can only be said that although celebrities earn a lot, they also spend a lot.

Of course, as long as you don’t become addicted to gambling like Martian Brother, or have the need for medical beauty and plastic surgery like some female stars, you can still live a very carefree life.

"Um, do I need to step away?" The girl who was eating Haagen-Dazs with a spoon next to Shen Juan raised her hand obediently.

"Of course not." Shen Juan looked at the cute girl in front of him who looked silly and timid, and couldn't help laughing, "What are you thinking about? This is not something shameful, why are you avoiding it?"

"Oh oh oh, then you guys chat, I won't say anything." Zhou Ye said and lowered his head to play with his phone again.

Today is Saturday and there are no classes at school, so Shen Juan simply called her to come to Shanghai and accompany him on a plane to the United States, just as a birthday trip.

That’s right, both of their birthdays are May 5th, and they were even born on the same day of the same month of the same year (20).

So it’s the perfect reason to celebrate your birthday together.

However, Yangyang Jin frowned slightly and looked at Shen Juan with complicated eyes, then looked at Zhou Ye with a fair and plain face. She felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, an indescribable discomfort, but thanks to her excellent professional qualities, she still tried her best to adjust her mood. At least on the surface, she did not show any dissatisfaction.

"First of all, the two endorsements of Metersbonwe and Chunyu Mask will expire next month and will not be renewed. Their grades are no longer compatible with your current level of status."

Brands choose artists, and artists can also choose brands. Brands that cannot keep up should be optimized.

"Then there are a few new businesses we are in contact with recently that we would like to confirm with you. If you think there is no problem, we are ready to sign the contract."

"Well, sister, you say."

Shen Juan behaved exceptionally honestly and obediently in front of his agent today, because he actually knew that bringing Zhou Ye to his side and being so affectionate and sweet in front of her did have a bit of a close relationship implication.

"Adidas Originals wants you to be their latest global spokesperson." Yang Yangjin said coldly.

Adidas has many sub-brands, and Adidas Originals is actually the trefoil.

Previously, Deng Chao, Wu Jiaheng, Lu Han, Yang Ying, Yang Mi, Xiaopang and others have endorsed this brand or shot commercials for it.

However, the difference is that all of their spokespersons have the prefix "China Region", which means they are specially supplied to China.

The prefix of Shen Juan’s name is “global”.

A global brand ambassador hired directly by the headquarters.

So this time he was attacking from a dimensionality reduction perspective, and a simple title was enough to make all his peers lose face.

Of course, Shen Juan was not unaware that this brand was involved in the Xijiang cotton incident and was suspected of insulting flowers.

But this happened a few years later.

Shen Juan only planned to sign for one year, and then run away after earning the endorsement fee and the increased popularity brought by the brand effect.

There is absolutely no time left for that.

And to put it bluntly, there are many low-brows in the circle who take advantage of everyone else's collective contract terminations to secretly eat other people's leftovers and make a fortune in silence.

For example, Kun Kun, Zizi, Xiao Lanhua, Fan Chengcheng, Wu Xuanyi, and others have all done it. Lay even insisted to the end and would rather be scolded than terminate the contract with CK.

So the final result proved that Lay was the smart one: the group of stars who terminated the contract suffered huge losses.

As for these stars who took advantage of the opportunity, thanks to the fact that the public’s anger came and went quickly, their attention was soon diverted by other things.

So not only did I not get scolded, but I also got to enjoy high-end resources that I had not been able to get before. It can be said that I made a lot of money!
So, some things in this world really depend on timing. If the timing is not right, no one can do anything about it.

The second business resource is the endorsement of top luxury watches and the Asian brand ambassador of Jaeger-LeCoultre.

The grade is still very good.

The title given is barely acceptable.

So Shen Juan had no reason not to take it.

"Another one is Beats headphones. They signed Wu Jiaheng last year, but this year they considered that his popularity and traffic were not good enough, and you happened to be his comprehensive upgrade, so they planned to let you take his place."

"How about the title?"

"Of course he is the global spokesperson, and his treatment in all aspects will not be worse than Wu Jiaheng's." Yangjin Zhuoma replied. "Then there will be no problem on my side."

19 (number of original businesses) - 2 (businesses that are about to expire and will not be renewed) + 3 (new businesses) = 20 (current businesses)
Although at Shen Juan's request, the company rarely lets him take on endorsements of fast-moving consumer goods that pay well and require little work, but are likely to consume fans' enthusiasm for spending money, even so, the quality and quantity of Shen Juan's endorsements are undoubtedly ranked in the first tier among the top stars in the domestic entertainment industry.

no way.

After all, in the eyes of those capital manufacturers, Shen Juan looks like he is out of touch with the mundane world.

His natural sense of fashion and sophistication allows him to switch freely between trends and high-end fashion.

At the same time, his ability to sell goods and his influence and appeal among the younger generation are also amazing. In addition, he has made a name for himself in Europe and the United States, so it is naturally easier for him to be favored by big brands than other artists.

After checking tickets and boarding the plane, under the slightly resentful gaze of Yang Yangjin, Shen Juan, Zhou Ye and his team members "parted ways" and headed to the first-class cabin at the front.

It was a rare opportunity for him to bring Xiaoye out to play, so naturally he provided her with the most expensive service. So in a sense, the rumor that "Shen Juan kept an amateur sister-in-law from Beijing Film Academy" was actually not wrong, he actually did so.

Under the respectful guidance of the flight attendant, I went to the designated seat and took my seat.

There are a total of six seats in the first-class cabin of this flight, two window seats in the first row, two window seats in the second row and two adjacent seats in the middle.

Since they were traveling as a couple, Shen Juan naturally chose the "couple's booth" in the middle which could accommodate a double bed.

While the flight attendant was introducing the cabin entertainment system and distributing menus, Shen Juan also asked how many first-class passengers there were on this flight. When he learned that there were only two, namely him and Zhou Ye, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If nothing else, at least the probability of being recognized by other passengers on the plane was reduced.

The only problem is that the cost-effectiveness of China Eastern Airlines' first-class cabin is a bit low. The facilities and treatment in all aspects, including the size of the seat space, are a bit abstract. Anyway, it is far worse than those of Emirates Airlines and American Airlines that he had taken before.

But Zhou Ye, who had never sat in first class before, obviously didn't care so much.

She had already changed into the disposable slippers provided by China Eastern Airlines, and with the guidance of the flight attendants, she enthusiastically learned how to use the various entertainment facilities.

Shen Juan smiled, then leaned back in the soft seat and closed his eyes to rest. From time to time, he could hear Zhou Ye's soft questions from the next room, as well as the flight attendants' patient and detailed explanations.

This feeling is quite amazing.

It was as if they were a newly married couple on their honeymoon.

Now it seems to be different.

With the album being a huge success, he has successfully laid a solid foundation in Europe and the United States and opened up a whole new track, so that he now has more confidence.

There are many things that I didn’t dare to do before.

It is being done now.

There are many things that I never dared to think about before.

Now it has become a reality.

With a violent roar of the engine, the plane accelerated and slowly left the ground. The bustling and prosperous urban area of Demon City became smaller and smaller in Shen Juan's eyes.

The blue sky and white clouds seemed to be right in front of him. Shen Juan felt relaxed and happy. Then he took out one of the Bluetooth earphones from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Ye who was sitting next to him.

"Want to listen to some music?"

"Okay!"

Zhou Ye instantly broke into a sweet smile, took it and put it on without any hesitation, then closed his eyes and listened to the song playing in the headphones.

“It's been 3 years and 6 whole months since I saw your face that night.”

“It took 5 seconds to fall in love and 2 more to make you mine.” 5 seconds to fall in love, 2 seconds you belong to me.

Halfway through the song, Zhou Ye suddenly opened his eyes, then turned his head and gently poked Shen Juan's arm, and asked in a low voice: "What's the name of this song? I haven't heard of it, and I want to add it to my playlist."

"24/7, 365, my abandoned song."

Shen Juan originally wanted to debut in Europe and the United States as the prince of fresh love songs, but considering that people there don't really like to talk about love in lyrics, he finally catered to the market and changed to a hodgepodge of hit songs.

The uninhibited cool guy is the answer.

"Abandoned song?" Zhou was a little surprised. Such a good song was abandoned? Is the European and American music scene so competitive?

"Ah."

To put it bluntly, most of the English songs that are popular in China are ignored in Europe and the United States.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Ye asked, "So there is really no possibility of releasing these abandoned songs?"

"Why are you asking this? Do you want me to release this song?" Shen Juan raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.

Zhou also nodded, "I just think this song is pretty good, it would be a shame if it wasn't released."

She actually wanted to "take possession of" this song and make it her and Shen Juan's exclusive song.

Although the opening line "Three years and six months have passed" doesn't seem to fit their experience.
But won’t it be ready in two years?

We should always be optimistic!

(End of this chapter)